Agreement among healthcare professionals in ten European countries in diagnosing case-vignettes of surgical-site infections.

Agreement among healthcare professionals in ten European countries in diagnosing case-vignettes of surgical-site infections.

OBJECTIVE: Although surgical-site infection (SSI) rates are advocated as a major evaluation criterion, the reproducibility of SSI diagnosis is unknown. We assessed agreement in diagnosing SSI among specialists involved in SSI surveillance in Europe. METHODS: Twelve case-vignettes based on suspected...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Birgand, Didier Lepelletier, Gabriel Baron, Steve Barrett, Ann-Christin Breier, Cagri Buke, Ljiljana Markovic-Denic, Petra Gastmeier, Jan Kluytmans, Outi Lyytikainen, Elizabeth Sheridan, Emese Szilagyi, Evelina Tacconelli, Nicolas Troillet, Philippe Ravaud, Jean-Christophe Lucet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3706413?pdf=render

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